These pro-EU plutocrats hated the idea of Brexit, so are now looking for ways to thwart it. Step forward Tim Farron. The Liberal Democrat leader has sensed there is an empty space for a party that proudly wraps itself up in the EU flag, and his manoeuvring has paid off handsomely.

The residents of Witney and Richmond Park found that voting Liberal Democrat was the perfect way to make their concerns about Brexit known at the ballot box. The Europhile magnates of Britain are warming...